Nafissatou Diallo

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News about Nafissatou Diallo, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 4, 2015

Nafissatou Diallo, former hotel housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault in 2011, has opened Chez Amina Restaurant in Bronx and lives quiet life; current prostitution trial of Strauss-Kahn in France has drawn new attention to Diallo, who wants to put past notariety behind her. MORE

Aug. 21, 2013

Kenneth P Thompson, lawyer mounting his first campaign as Democratic candidate for Brooklyn district attorney, made his name representing Nafissatou Diallo, hotel housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault. MORE

Dec. 11, 2012

Justice Douglas E McKeon of New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx announces settlement of civil lawsuit filed by Nafissatou Diallo against Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with incident in Midtown Manhattan hotel in May 2011; terms of settlement are not disclosed. MORE

Nov. 30, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought against him by Nafissatou Diallo, hotel housekeeper who accused Strauss-Kahn of attacking her in his Midtown Manhattan hotel room in 2011; attorneys for both parties are scheduled to appear in State Supreme Court in the Bronx in early December. MORE

May. 16, 2012

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo for knowingly making false rape accusations that he says damaged his political career; Diallo's civil suit against Strauss-Kahn still stands. MORE

May. 2, 2012

Justice Douglas E McKeon of State Supreme Court in the Bronx rejects Dominique Strauss-Kahn's claim of diplomatic immunity in his effort to dismiss civil suit filed by Nafissatou Diallo, hotel housekeeper who claims he sexually assaulted her; McKeon notes that Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of International Monetary Fund before the suit was even filed. MORE

Mar. 29, 2012

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whom prosecutors accused of raping hotel housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo in New York City before dropping charges against him last year, ask a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against their client, arguing that his former position as head of the International Monetary fund gives him diplomatic immunity. MORE

Dec. 9, 2011

Surveillance footage showing both Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo in lobby of Sofitel hotel at different times on the day in question does little to illuminate what transpired inside Strauss-Kahn's hotel suite in the sexual assault case. MORE

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